Coke or coffee?

Republican Sen. Frank Padavan has submitted an affidavit to both Governor Paterson and the Secretary of the Senate, in which he says that he did not check into the Senate Chamber this afternoon and cannot be counted
as being present.

There’s a small inconsistency in his affidavit— In a press scrum with reporters, Padavan said he cut through the chamber to get a drink, a coke. (TU State Editor Casey Seiler taped the press conference.) In the affidavit, he said he was going to get a cup of coffee.

Perhaps the inconsistency, and the walk-thru mishap, was due to lack of caffeine. I can see the Red Bull commercial now.